Photographic apparatus.



H. G. HUTTEBALLE & G. MORLER.

PHOTOGRAPHIG APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED FBB.21,1910.

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PHOTOGRAPHIG APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED PER. 21, 1910.

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HANS C. HUTTEBALLE AND CHRISTIAN MORLER, OF BOISE, IDAHO.

PHOTOG-RAPHIC APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 21, 1910.

Patented Sept. 27, 1919.

Serial No. 545,154.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HANs C. HU'r'rn- BALLE and CHRISTIAN Montana,citizens of the United States, residing at Boise, in the county of Adaand State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPhotographic Apparatus; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in photographic apparatus, andits object is to provide a compact and eiiective drying ma chine forphotographic reproductions.

To those experienced in the art it is well known that it consumes agreat deal of time to dry photographic prints, after washing, whetherthe prints are on thin paper or post cards, and besides this where theprints are dried by the ordinary process, unless they are placed betweenblot-ters, they tend to curl up, which occasions additional labor instraightening the prints out. l Vith respect to the time it takes to dryphotographic negatives, whether on glass or films, the same remarksapply, with the exception that where the negatives are on glass there isno curling up like would be the case in films or prints.

While the invention is primarily designed for drying post cards andprints, it will be understood that the broad application of theinvention is equally applicable to drying plates and films, and in thefollowing description the use of the word print is intended to cover notonly cards or prints but any other photographic production requiringdrying.

Broadly, the invention consists in providing means for holding one or aplurality of photographic productions to be dried while an air currentis generated to pass around the prints and quickly dry them, and in theparticular application of the invention we provide a stationary supportfor the printswith a rotary fan, driven by any suit able power, solocated as to generate currents of air passing between the prints, whichare contained in suitable holders.

While the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown anddescribed, still, for the purpose of disclosure, reference is had to theaccompanying drawings illustrating a practical embodiment of the same,in which drawings like letters designate the same parts in the severalviews, and in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is atop plan view. Fig. 3 is a central cross section on the line 33 of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary inverted plan view of a motor, showing a pairof injection nozzles in section. Fig. 5 is a sectional view along theline 5-5 of Fig. 4E and showing the upward direction of the nozzles withrelation to the impact vanes on the motor, and Fig. 6 is a perspectivedetail view of one of the print holders, a portion of the covering beingbroken away.

1 designates a container in the form of a cylindrical pan, provided withbrackets 2 supporting a guard rail 3, disposed along said pan andprovided with a plurality of radially disposed clips 4 on its upperrail, cooperating with a plurality of vertically disposed radial clips 5carried by a circular member or plate 6, supported by the hollow shaft 7encircling a rod 8, which rod is conically bored at its lower end, as at9, to form a bearing or seat hereinafter referred to.

10 designates a rod extending across the apparatus and secured at itsends by any suitable clamping means, as 11, (Fig. 2) to the top rail ofthe guard. Centrally of the bar 10 there is aftiXed a sleeve 12,projecting upwardly above said bar around said rod 8, and forming at itsupper edge a support for the hollow shaft 7. The lower end of the sleeve12 projects downwardly below the bar 10, and is provided with a setscrew 13 forming a locking means for the rod 8.

14 designates a base bearing within the container 1, and between thisstationary bearing 14 and the bearing 9 is disposed a rotatable spindle15, carrying at its upper end a fan or other suitable drying member 16,and at itslowcr end carrying a motor 17, detachably secured to thespindle by means of a set screw 18, and being provided on its underneathface with a plurality of vanes or impact blades 19, cooperating with anozzle or a pair of nozzles 20 directed upwardly and inwardly towardsaid impact blades. Suitably supported between said motor 17 and fan 16is a guard 21 for preventing the upward splash of the water when themotor is driven by water power. In the drawings this guard is shown ascomprising an inverted pan of such a dimension that it rests against theinside wall of the container, and is held in position by a plurality ofpivoted fingers 22, (Fig. 2).

It will be understood that the nozzles 20 extend through the container,as shown in Fig. 1, and are connected by means of a rubber tube orpiping with the driving power. The container is also provided with anoutlet 23, where water is the motive power.

In'Fig. 6 is illustrated a suitable form of print holder which simplyconsists of a wire frame 24, formed from hinged members and providedwith a covering of cheese cloth 25, or other suitable material, betweenwhich theprint or card is placed. When used in connection with a plateor film having a soft gelatin surface, the frame could be slightlychanged to be adapted to this particular use, omitting the cheese clothwhich might otherwise abrade thephotographic surface. One of theseholders is shown placed in position in both Figs. 1 and 3, that is in avertical position and supported by the clips 5 and 4 radiallyof the axisof the fan.

The operation is believed to be obvious from the foregoing description,but it might be stated that when the prints are all placed around themachine, in the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, by injecting anysuitable fluid, such as water, through the nozzles 20, the motor 17 willbe rapidly rotated, carrying the fan with it, but causing upwardlydirected air currents to pass through the print supporting frames andthus quickly drying the prints. \Vhere water is used as a motive powerthe pan 21 prevents any upward splash of the water while'the water runsout through the outlet 23, but it is obvious that air might be thedriving means, whether cold or hot, in which event the cover or pan 21would not be used, and the driving air, whether cold or warm, assiststhe fan in drying the prints.

Of course it w1ll be understood that other motive powers may be used fordriving the spindle 15, and the broad invention is, therefore, notrestricted to the specific means shown.

Having thus described the invention,what we claim is 1. The combinationof a revoluble fan, means for revolving same comprising a motor directlyconnected with the shaft of said fan, a fiuid injecting nozzle directedagainst said motor, and means for supporting the photographicproductions to be treated di rectly above said fan and in planes substantially at right angles to the plane of revolution of said fan,substantially as described.

2. The combination of a vessel, a vertically second support providedwith a plurality of holding clips, both sets of said clips beingarranged radially with reference to said fan, one set being arranged ina horizontal direction and the other in a vertical direction adjacentsaid fan whereby said clips receive and hold the photographicproductions to be treated edgewise 1n substantially parallel planes in aposition to allow of the direct passage therebetween ofthe air currentgenerated by said fan, substantially as described.

a. The combination of an open cylindrical support forming also a guard,a rotatably mounted spindle provided with a fan revoluble within saidguard, a bar extending across said guard, a sleeve centrally of said barprovided with a set screw, a rod slidable in said sleeve and forming theupper bearing for said spindle, a hollow shaft encircling the upper endof said rod and resting on said sleeve, a second support surmountingsaid sleeve, vertically disposed clips arranged radially of said secondsupport, horizontally disposed clips arranged radially of said firstsupport or guard, and means for rotating said fan, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination of an open cylindrical support forming also a guard,a rotatably mounted spindle provided with a fanrevoluble within saidguard, a bar extending across said guard, a sleeve centrally of said barprovided with a set screw, a rod slidable in said sleeve and forming theupper bearing for saidspindle, a hollow shaft encircling the upper endof said rod and resting on saidsleeve, a second support surmounting saidsleeve, vertically disposed chps arranged radially of said'secondsupport, horizontally disposed clips'arranged radially of said firstsupport or guard, and means for rotating said fan comprising a motorprovided with impact vanes on its underneath face and injection nozzlesdirected against said impact blades or vanes, substantially asdescribed.

6. In apparatus of the character described,

the combination of a vertical spindle, a fan mounted thereon, means forrotating said spindle and fan for generating upwardly directed aircurrents, supporting means arranged above said fan for the photographicproductions to be treated, comprising a lower set of radially disposedhorizontal clips, an upper set of radially disposed vertical clips inalinement with said clips and a frame formed of two hinged open membersprovided With a covering of cheese cloth or similar material mounted insaid clips for holding the photo raphic productions to be treatedbetween said covered frame in a substantially edgeWise verticalposition, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, We afiix our signatures, 1n presence of tWoWitnesses.

HANS C. HUTTEBALLE. CHRISTIAN MORLER.

i/Vitnesses WM. C. DUNBAR, D. T. MILLER.

